An Enchanted Place

This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly challenge is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post.

I’m now up to X in the alphabet and unfortunately there are very few words to choose from. I hope you all like the one I’ve chosen, even though there’s very little information I could include about it!

Here’s my WOW for this week:

Word
Xenomania

Pronunciation
xen-o-ma-ni-a

Part of Speech
noun

Meaning
A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc.

Word Origin
From Greek: “Xenos” (ξένος) foreigner and “Mania” (μανία) an excessive enthusiasm or desire; an obsession

Antonyms
xenophobia

Use in a Sentence
1) Billy’s  xenomania was starting to get out if hand – he’d always had a love of American culture but dressing the dog in a cowboy outfit was a step too far!

2) The people of Athens were captivated by Helen Leune’s inspirational speech on the nature of xenomania.